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December 1, 2023

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Certain Online Games Use Dark Designs to Collect Player Data

Oct. 27, 2023 — The privacy policies and practices of online games contain dark design patterns which could be deceptive, misleading, or coercive to users, according to a new ...

Machine Learning Unravels Mysteries of Atomic Shapes

Sep. 25, 2023 — New research has used machine learning to find the properties of atomic pieces of geometry, in pioneering work that could drive the development of new results in ...

Better Cybersecurity With New Material

Sep. 4, 2023 — Digital information exchange can be safer, cheaper and more environmentally friendly with the help of a new type of random number generator for encryption. The researchers behind the study believe that the new technology paves the way for a new type ...

Effectiveness of Video Gameplay Restrictions Questioned in New Study

Aug. 10, 2023 — Legal restrictions placed on the amount of time young people in China can play video games may be less effective than originally thought, a new study has ...

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Keep It Secret: Cloud Data Storage Security Approach Taps Quantum Physics

Nov. 14, 2023 — Distributed cloud storage is a hot topic for security researchers, and a team is now merging quantum physics with mature cryptography and storage techniques to achieve a cost-effective cloud storage ...

Scientists Uncover a Surprising Connection Between Number Theory and Evolutionary Genetics

Aug. 1, 2023 — An interdisciplinary team of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and medical scientists has uncovered an unexpected link between pure mathematics ...

Social Media Algorithms Exploit How Humans Learn from Their Peers

Aug. 3, 2023 — In prehistoric societies, humans tended to learn from members of our ingroup or from more prestigious individuals, as this information was more likely to be reliable and result in group success. ...

Board Games Are Boosting Math Ability in Young Children

July 7, 2023 — Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last ...

Mathematicians Solve Long-Known Problem

June 26, 2023 — Making history with 42 digits: Scientists have unlocked a decades-old mystery of mathematics with the so-called ninth Dedekind number. Experts worldwide have been searching for the value since 1991. ...

How the Brain Processes Numbers -- New Procedure Improves Measurement of Human Brain Activity

June 27, 2023 — Measuring human brain activity down to the cellular level: until now, this has been possible only to a limited extent. With a new approach it will ...

Quantum Computer in Reverse Gear

May 4, 2023 — Large numbers can only be factorized with a great deal of computational effort. Physicists are now providing a blueprint for a new type of quantum computer to solve the factorization problem, which ...

Researchers Explore Why Some People Get Motion Sick Playing VR Games While Others Don't

May 1, 2023 — The way our senses adjust while playing high-intensity virtual reality games plays a critical role in understanding why some people experience severe ...

Scholars Unify Color Systems Using Prime Numbers

Mar. 2, 2023 — Existing color systems, such as RGB and CYMK, are all text-based and require a large range of values to represent different colors, making them difficult to compute and time-consuming to convert. ...

Chromo-Encryption Method Encodes Secrets With Color

Feb. 13, 2023 — In a new approach to security that unites technology and art, E researchers have combined silver nanostructures with polarized light to yield a range of brilliant colors, which can be used to encode ...

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Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Young Children's Cognitive Abilities, Study Finds

Feb. 7, 2023 — Despite old fears that bad effects follow excessive video game playing or questionable game choices, researchers found those factors mattered little, if any, in children's brain health. The bad ...

Purchasing Loot Boxes in Video Games Associated With Problem Gambling Risk, Says Study

Dec. 2, 2022 — Gamers who buy 'loot boxes' are up to two times more likely to gamble, shows new ...

Online Gaming Enhances Career Prospects and Develops Soft Skills, Finds New Study

Nov. 29, 2022 — Online gaming behavior can encourage gamers to gain a variety of soft skills which could assist them with training to support their career aspirations, according to new ...

Microlaser Chip Adds New Dimensions to Quantum Communication

Nov. 21, 2022 — With only two levels of superposition, the qubits used in today's quantum communication technologies have limited storage space and low tolerance for interference. Engineering's ...

Mathematicians Explain How Some Fireflies Flash in Sync

Oct. 31, 2022 — A new study by mathematicians shows that math borrowed from neuroscience can describe how swarms of these unique insects coordinate their light show, capturing key details about how they behave in ...

Music Class in Sync With Higher Math Scores -- But Only at Higher-Income Schools

Oct. 27, 2022 — Music and arts classes are often first on the chopping block when schools face tight budgets and pressure to achieve high scores on standardized tests. But it's precisely those classes that can ...

Electronic Gaming Can Trigger Potentially Lethal Heart Rhythm Problems in Susceptible Children

Oct. 11, 2022 — Electronic gaming can precipitate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children whose predisposition may have been previously unrecognized, according to a new report. The investigators ...

As Few as 1 in 5 COVID Cases May Have Been Counted Worldwide, Mathematical Models Suggest

Sep. 27, 2022 — Mathematical models indicate that as few as one in five cases of COVID-19 which occurred during the first 29 months of the pandemic are accounted for in the half billion cases officially ...

Gamers Can Have Their Cake and Eat It Too

Sep. 9, 2022 — New research from Japan shows that multiple cognitive abilities may be empirically measured from a complex game experience depending on the game's ...

The Way You Talk to Your Child About Math Matters

Sep. 7, 2022 — 'You're so smart!' -- This encouraging response may actually do more harm than good to children's math performance, according to a new study. The study found that encouraging ...

Reasons Behind Gamer Rage in Children Are Complex -- And Children Are Good at Naming Them

Aug. 24, 2022 — Children's outbursts of rage while playing digital games are causing both concern and public debate around the topic. Taking a novel approach to gamer rage, a new study examines the topic from a ...

A Key Role for Quantum Entanglement

July 27, 2022 — A method known as quantum key distribution has long held the promise of communication security unattainable in conventional cryptography. An international team of scientists has now demonstrated ...

'Pulling Back the Curtain' to Reveal a Molecular Key to The Wizard of Oz

July 20, 2022 — Many people and companies worry about sensitive data getting hacked, so encrypting files with digital keys has become more commonplace. Now, researchers have developed a durable molecular encryption ...

The Numbers Don't Lie: Australia Is Failing at Maths and We Need to Find a New Formula to Arrest the Decline

May 17, 2022 — Australia has suffered a significant drop in teenage maths proficiency in the past 20 years -- sliding from 11th in the OECD rankings to 29th place out of 38 countries, prompting widespread debate ...

Video Games Can Help Boost Children's Intelligence

May 12, 2022 — Scientists have studied how the screen habits of US children correlates with how their cognitive abilities develop over time. They found that the children who spent an above-average time playing ...

Scientific Advance Leads to a New Tool in the Fight Against Hackers

Apr. 28, 2022 — A new form of security identification could soon see the light of day and help us protect our data from hackers and cybercriminals. Quantum mathematicians have solved a mathematical riddle that ...

Active Video Games Provide Alternative Workout

Mar. 22, 2022 — Working out isn't known for being fun. But new active video and virtual reality games may help change that. Exergaming, or active video gaming, may be the perfect introduction to helping people ...

Computer Games in the Classroom: Educational Success Depends on the Teacher

Mar. 3, 2022 — Future teachers see educational potential in computer games, study shows. Teacher training should therefore address their potential in the ...

California's Push for Computer Science Education Examined

Feb. 24, 2022 — Despite California's computer science education policies, gender, racial and ethnic disparities persist among the high schools that offer these courses, the students enrolled in them and the ...

Spatial Training With Blocks and Puzzles Could Unlock the UK's Mathematical Potential

Feb. 10, 2022 — A sustained focus on spatial reasoning training could help children learn science, technology, engineering and ...

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